[attr="class","poam-text"]Thanks for the interest folks!! I am back for info dump number 2. Which I guess I will keep doing until the site goes up or I've literally written the whole guidebook here.

[attr="class","poam-title"]CANONS

[attr="class","poam-text"]There are two types of canons on PoaM: Readers and holders of the 13 Month Series of relics.

Readers are a special type of guest because-unlike the vast majority of their peers-they have already won a previous cycle. They have had their wish fulfilled and for whatever reason have gained another strong enough to pull them back into the Library. It could be entirely external or perhaps one related to the trials of their last cycle; seeing someone from another universe again, or bringing back someone who didn't make it last time. In exchange for being allowed to return, Readers can guide their peers through content but cannot divulge specific truths about the setting or that they are previous winners. ICly discussing this will cause an IC and OOC punishment by the Administrators.

This type of canon has an informational advantage and such characters usually become leaders or advisors of the current cohort. Not only are they ICly in the know, but OOCly these players are given access to a special discord channel where they receive lore and hints on all upcoming content such as raid weaknesses and scenario requirements. How they handle this information ICly and OOCly is entirely up to them with no oversight by staff so long as they follow the rules.

The second type of canon are those who have one of the 13 Month Series of relics. These canons have a mechanical advantage, with each relic being able to break different absolute rules of combat that everyone else must abide by. Naturally, these folks are invaluable in hard content.

[attr="class","poam-title"]Currencies

[attr="class","poam-text"]PoaM has two currencies: experience and money. Experience dictates the maximum power of an individual and is gained by participating in the three site activities (Events, Scenarios, and Raids). As a result, members who keep up with the site will generally be around the same level, and the site maximum and minimum increases over time as you go deeper into the library. Experience is the measure of vertical progression.

Money is gained from activity (posts). To accommodate all writing styles, members are not incentivized to post rapidly to gain power. Instead, money is the measure of horizontal progression. With more money characters can obtain more weapons, abilities, and perks, but all of it is capped by their level. So active members have much more flexibility and options, but are not necessarily stronger than their slower counterparts who have participated in all the same site activities.

[attr="class","poam-title"]Death and Danger

[attr="class","poam-text"]All guests have a Stability level, which starts at 20% when they are first created. Stability is the measure of one's hold on their sanity, mental state, and identity. Stability increases by doing everything that isn't a site event i.e. fluffy social threads. Hanging out with your buds at the pool, having sleepovers, exploring different parts of the Library/ship, food fights in the cafeteria, whatever: all of this builds stability.

This is important because death is a very real possibility in the Library. Killing blows reduce your stability greatly, but if you have enough leftover to not hit 0% you will be able to reform with the weight of your bonds and memories. Nakama power cheats death after all. If you didn't have enough stability, you will true die and become a book that is kept by the Library forever.

This is another example of horizontal progression that benefits active posters.

Final note: The first time you are struck down by a specific mechanic but live to tell the tale, you gain a minor resistance to whatever killed you. Try not to collect them all!